SONNY ROLLINS - "VOLUME 1" - ORIG BLUE NOTE MONO DEEP GROOVE 1957 - BLP1542
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SONNY ROLLINS LP - "VOLUME 1" - ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS US IMPORT 1957 - ORIGINAL MONO DEEP GROOVE LABELS BLP 1542
I NEVER OVERGRADE MY RECORDS AS I DONT WANT TO DISAPPOINT ANYONE
SONNY ROLLINS DEBUT LP RECORDED IN DECEMBER 1956 RELEASED 1957
RECORD IS IN VG CONDITION (as per record collectors guide).THE RECORD DOES SHOW SIGNS OF AGE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SCRATCHES, BUT NOTHING TOO HEAVY, PLUS THERE ARE QUITE A FEW HAIRLINES AND YET AGAIN NOTHING TOO HEAVY. IVE PLAYED THE RECORD ON HEADPHONES,AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INTERFERENCE AND LIGHT CRACKLE, HISSING THROUGHOUT. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CLICKS TO SIDE 1, WITH TRACK 2 HAVING A REPEATED CLICK HALFWAY THROUGH FOR ABOUT 5 REVOLUTIONS. NONE OF THESE CLICKS IN MY OPINION ARE ULTRA LOAD, WITH MANY BEING MINOR. SIDE 2 PLAYS A LITTLE BETTER. THERE ARE NO POPS, JUMPS ETC TO THIS RECORD. THIS RECORD IS OVER 55 YEARS OLD,SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. RECORD IS ABOUT 90 PERCENT STRAIGHT, NOT WARPED . SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PERFECTION THIS RECORD IS NOT FOR YOU. THIS IS A VERY RARE BLUENOTE AND I THINK IS VERY FAIRLY PRICED even in this condition.
LABELS ARE NOT TOO BAD, WITH SOME SPINDLE MARKS. BOTH SIDES HAVE DEEP GROOVES.
COVER IS VG MINUS. THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR TO THE EDGES, SOME CREASING TO THE FRONT, BUT ALL READABLE (SEE PICTURES) . I AM 100 PERCENT SURE THERE WAS NO WRITING TO THE SPINE ON THESE EARLY MONO COVERS. THERE IS NO WRITING ANYWHERE ON THIS COVER. ADDRESS IS 47 West 63st.,New York 23. SORRY THERE IS NO BLUE NOTE INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX / STAMPERS - all hand written BN-LP-1542-A. BN-LP-1542.B. handwritten "RVG" TO BOTH SIDES. PLASTICYTE EAR TOO BOTH SIDES
A FAIR PRICE FOR THIS RECORD
SIDE 1 -
decision
bluesnote
how are things in glocca morra
SIDE 2 -
plain jane
sonnysphere
POSTAGE WITHIN UK £3.75
WITHIN EUROPE £6.50
WORLDWIDE £10
i make no profit from postage.
I ALWAYS TRY MY BEST WITH GRADINGS AND WOULD NEVER TRY TO SELL SOMETHING THAT DOESNT SUIT THE DESCRIPTION, IF I MAKE A GENUINE MISTAKE AND YOU ARE NOT HAPPY PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL SORT ANY PROBLEMS OUT. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE FEED BACK. I USE RECORD COLLECTERS AS A GUIDE. YET AGAIN IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED I OFFER A REFUND (not the return postage costs ,sorry) ONCE THE ITEM HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ME, IN THE SAME CONDITION AS SENT. SOME RECORDS I DEEM RARE WILL BE PLAYED THROUGH AND STATED, SOME WILL BE VISUAL GRADINGS, JUST CHECK MY FEEDBACK. GOOD LUCK
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